Porsche has launched its first electric vehicle, the Taycan, and electric takes on its high-performance SUVs with the Macan Electric and the upcoming Cayenne Electric. What we haven’t seen yet from the brand is a proper electric sports car. Porsche’s planned electric 718 successor is no longer arriving in 2025 and will no longer be the only successor. When Porsche’s first electric sports car finally arrives, it may borrow an idea from a brand one might not expect: Hyundai.
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Porsche VP On The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N’s Simulated Sound And Shifting: “This Is The Way”
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Essential on TrackHyundai
Porsche’s Frank Moser, vice president in charge of the 911 and 718 product lines, spoke to Australian media at the 2025 Icons of Porsche festival in Dubai, UAE. He described driving Hyundai’s high-performance electric sports car, the Ioniq 5 N, as an “eye-opening” experience for the brand from which Porsche “learnt a lot.” Per Moser, even Porsche’s GT boss Andy Preuninger was impressed.
“I said to him, ‘Come on, I’m going to pick you up in the Ioniq 5 N’. He said, ‘Leave me alone, I don’t want any of that electric stuff’,” Moser told Drive. “We entered the car and I pressed the button [N Grin Boost], and he was ‘Wow’. They did something which was impressive.”
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Moser responded, “This is the way,” when asked about Porsche using Ioniq 5 N-like virtual sounds and gear shifts. Moser raised the idea of Porsche’s electric sports car virtually emulating a flat-six engine. However, this would be a feature that a Porsche owner could turn on and off.
“The customer could decide if he wants to drive in complete silent mode, or he wants to be part of the game, feeling the virtual sounds of a flat six and the virtual gear shifts. That would be the direction for the future.”
-Frank Moser, Porsche VP for 911 and 718, per Drive
What We Know About Porsche’s Upcoming Electric Sports Car
Porsche 718 Cayman EV PrototypeCarBuzz/Valnet
Porsche has pushed back the launch of its electric sports car. One of the primary sources for the delay is the bankruptcy of Porsche’s lightweight battery supplier. We don’t have a confirmed date yet for the electric 718 launch. Porsche execs told Drive the new electric sports car will arrive at “the beginning of 2027.”
Porsche has focused on making the Cayman lightweight for an electric car. Moser noted that the electric 718 would be “a little bit heavier” than the outgoing 718, which ranged from around 3,000 to 3,200 pounds depending on the trim. We have spotted Porsche’s electric 718 sports car testing in the wild. The exterior draws heavily from the current 718. One key distinction is the rear hatch, which looks to be entirely glass on this model.
Porsche did backpedal on making the next-generation 718 Cayman and Boxster electric-only. The standard models will still be electric and proceed as planned. However, Porsche will launch high-end combustion versions, which should replace trims like the GTS 4.0 model.
2025 Porsche 911 Carrera front 3/4 viewPorsche
Will The Porsche 911 Go Electric?
Not for the foreseeable future. Porsche is pledging to keep the 911 combustion-powered as long as possible. Even when Porsche’s electrification plans were at their most ambitious, calling for more than 80 percent of the lineup to be battery-powered, Porsche left a carve-out for the 911 to remain combustion-powered. Potential combustion-engine bans could eventually force Porsche to take the 911 all-electric. But until then, expect combustion variants.
Sources: Drive, Automotive News
